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6. Consignments by parcel post to be dealt with in the same manner as other consignments.

7. Raw opium or any drug falling under Chapter III of the Convention found in the possession of an unauthorised person to be seized and the person on whom it is found to be liable to either imprisonment or fine, or both in conjunction.

8. Mutual and complete exchange of information between the centralised authorities in different countries.

9.

The inclusion of coou leaves and synthetic 1-cocaine in the Opium Convention of 1912.

XII.

The objections against the French proposal were the

following:

1. It discarded completely the object of the Second

Conference which was to consider the possibility of

limiting the manufacture of drugs to definite amounts

corresponding to legitimate requirements. All the

discussions in the Advisory Committee had been conductoa

on this assumption and 21 Goverments had already trans-

mitted an approximate estimate of their total require-

monts for internal consumption. Moreover, the Resolution

of the Assembly, under which the Conference would be

convened, clearly defined such limitations as the oogcot

of the Conference, whilst these proposals aimed mcrcly

at the improvement of the provisions contained in

Articles 9 to 13 of the existing Ragus Convention.

2. It seemed to be ineffective from the international

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